The 2nd (and 3rd?) picture looks more of *Nothosaerva brachiata*. http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=130855
It can be confirmed if the flowers have solitary, capitate stigma. (stigmas usually 2 in Aerva). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10031 Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]>wrote: > IDear all, > have collected 3 plants of Aerva, one is surely A.lanata; the second > one leaves larger than A.lanata, scandent, but 1 spike is axillary, > another terminal on lateral branches; > another plant spikes about 1cm, 4-6 clustered at each node, never > solitary like a.lanata, plant bushy normally seen in rock crevices in > E.ghats. > pls clarify. > Thank you > A.Lalithamba > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
